Defects and threshold displacement energies in SrTiO3 perovskite using atomistic computer simulations

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms

Volumn 254, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 211-218

  Thomas, B S ^a,b   Marks, N A ^b   Begg, B D ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Computer simulation; Defect; Oxide; Perovskite; Threshold displacement energy

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTAL DEFECTS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; OXIDES; OXYGEN; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; STRONTIUM COMPOUNDS; THRESHOLD LOGIC;

INTERSTITIAL MIGRATION ENERGY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; THRESHOLD DISPLACEMENT ENERGIES;

PEROVSKITE;

EID: 33846460773     PISSN: 0168583X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2006.11.069     Document Type: Article

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